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A    DAY 


IN 


MARY  CARROW'S  SCHOOL, 


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MARY  CARROW'S  SCHOOL 


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A  DAY 

IN 

MARY  CARROW'S  SCHOOL. 


After  the  roll  had  been  called,  the  little 
boys  and  girls  were  invited  to  say  a  lesson 
first ;  because  Mary,  the  teacher,  thought  the 
bigger  ones  could  better  understand  why 
they  were  to  wait. 

They  took  their  places  in  the  class,  and 
she  gave  out  words  of  two  syllables  for  them 
/n        to  spell ;  such  as  Cam-el,  Pea-cock,  Hen-coop, 
£,         Par-lor,  Tea-cup. 

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8  A    DAY    IN 

When  they  had  done  spelling,  she  allowed 
them  to  ask  questions. 

One  little  boy,  whose  name  was  Harry 
Linn,  asked  what  a  camel  was  ?  And  Mary 
took  down  a  large  book  from  the  shelf,  and 
showed  him  a  picture  of  a  camel,  and  told 
him  that  it  was  a  native  both  of  Arabia  and 
of  Africa,  and  that  it  could  travel  eight  or 
nine  days  without  water,  over  the  sandy 
deserts  of  those  countries.  It  is  covered  with 
a  hairy  fur,  which  it  sheds  in  the  spring, 
and  this  fur  is  used  to  make  coarse  cloth 
shawls.  The  camel  kneels  down  to  receive 
burdens,  and  when  it  is  loaded  it  will  rise 
again. 

Harry  was  very  much  surprised,  when 
his  teacher  told  him  that  the  camel  could 


MARY    CARROW'S   SCHOOL.  9 

carry  men  and  burdens  like  a  horse  or  an 
ass,  and  could  travel  a  great  distance  with  a 
weight  of  eight  hundred  or  a  thousand  pounds 
upon  its  back;  and  that  it  gave  milk  for 
drink,  like  a  cow. 

Harry  asked  why  we  had  not  camels  in 
America,  instead  of  horses  and  cows  ? 

Mary  told  him  that  God  had  made  this 
a  very  large  world,  and  that  it  is  divided 
into  many  countries.  In  some  countries  the 
weather  is  very  hot,  and  in  some  countries 
it  is  very  cold. 

The  animals  and  people,  who  are  born  in 
hot  countries,  such  as  Arabia  and  Africa, 
could  not  endure  the  cold  of  America.  They 
are  happier  and  more  useful  in  the  climate 
where  they  are  born. 


10  A    DAY    IN 

And  Mary  said,  our  heavenly  Father  was 
so  good  and  kind  to  every  thing  that  he  had 
made,  that  he  designed  all  animals,  as  well 
as  little  boys  and  girls  and  men  and  women 
too,  to  be  useful  and  happy  where  he  placed 
them. 

Harry  asked  if  a  little  boy  like  him  could 
be  useful  and  happy?  for  Harry  was  only 
four  years  old. 

Mary  told  him,  yes ;  and  that  when  she 
had  leisure,  she  would  read  aloud  to  him 
and  his  school-mates  the  story  of  a  little 
girl  who  was  only  four  years  old,  who  was 
happy  because  she  was  useful. 

Harry  loved  his  teacher,  because  she  was 
so  kind  to  him,  and  though  he  wanted  very 
much  to  know  how  he  could  be  useful  and 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  11 

happy,  he  knew  she  had  not  time  to  answer 
any  more  questions  now ;  and  he  was  willing 
to  wait,  for  his  teacher  always  did  what  she 
said  she  would  do,  and  Harry  was  sure  she 
would  not  forget  her  promise. 

So  he  went  to  his  seat  as  the  other  little 
boys  and  girls  did,  and  while  Mary  heard 
the  larger  scholars  say  their  definitions, 
Harry's  class  made  O's,  and  strokes,  and  pot- 
hooks on  their  slates,  as  they  are  called,  in 
this  way. 

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Mary  had  only  eight  scholars,  and  she  had 
leisure  to  attend  to  each  one,  and  make  them 
understand  all  their  lessons,  that  they  might 
have  something  to  think  about  when  they 
went  home  from  school. 


12  4   DAY    IN 

On  this  morning  the  scholars  were  exer- 
cised in  spelling,  reading  and  arithmetic. 
The  large  boys  and  girls  did  sums  in  multi- 
plication and  subtraction,  and  the  smaller 
ones  made  figures,  after  Mary  had  written 
a  line  upon  their  slates  for  them  thus  : — 

123456789  0. 

After  they  had  been  two  hours  in  school, 
Mary  rang  a  little  bell.  As  soon  as  they 
heard  it,  they  knew  it  was  recess-time,  and 
they  all  went  out  to  play  for  fifteen  minutes. 

The  school  was  in  the  country,  on  the 
farm  where  Harry  Linn's  father  and  mother 
lived,  and  Mary  lived  with  them. 

Mary  had  been  to  the  best  schools  to  re- 
ceive her  education ;  and  she  was  very  fond 
of  two  things — learning  and  children.     So, 


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MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  13 

she  agreed  to  come  and  live  with  Harry 
Linn's  father  and  mother,  and  teach  school : 
and  she  had  five  of  the  neighbouring  chil- 
dren, besides  Harry  and  his  brother  and  sis- 
ter, for  scholars. 

The  school-room  was  built  at  the  edge  of 
a  piece  of  "woods,"  not  far  from  the  house, 
and  it  was  very  cool  and  shady  round  about, 
all  summer. 

In  the  winter,  when  the  leaves  had  fallen 
off  from  the  trees,  the  sun  shone  in  at  the 
school-room  windows,  and  it  was  so  light  and 
cheerful  that  the  teacher  and  her  scholars 
liked  to  be  there  better  than  anywhere  else. 

Harry  Linn's  father  used  to  say  that 
Mary's  face  was  sunshiny,  because  it  was 
so  good-humoured.     When    her  little  flock 


14  A    DAY    IN 

went  out  to  play,  at  recess-time,  she  some- 
times went  too,  for  the  sake  of  the  exercise ; 
and  they  were  always  glad  when  Mary 
went  with  them.  She  would  take  turns 
with  them  in  jumping  rope,  and  playing 
"  Let  us  see  who  can  run  fastest ;"  and  she 
would  show  the  boys  how  to  trundle  their 
hoops ;  and  she  knew  how  to  fix  the  paper 
sails  to  the  little  boats  which  the  boys  made 
for  themselves ;  and  then  she  would  take  them 
along  by  the  side  of  the  little  brook  of  water 
that  was  down  in  the  woods,  and  find  a  place 
for  them  where  they  could  stoop  down  without 
getting  their  feet  wet,  to  sail  their  boats. 

One  of  the  home-made  boats  was  such  a 
fast  sailer  that  Charles  Linn,  who  was  quite 
a   little    carpenter,    asked    Mary    to .  print 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  15 

a  name  on  his  boat.  She  asked,  u  What  shall 
its  name  be  ?"  But  they  could  not  agree  upon 
a  name,  for  one  wanted  one  name,  and 
another  wanted  something  different.  So 
Mary  cut  up  a  piece  of  paper  which  she  had 
in  her  hand  into  nine  slips ;  and  then  she 
went  round  to  each  scholar,  and  told  every 
one  to  whisper  to  her  the  name  he  or  she 
liked  best;  and  she  wrote  down  the  choice 
of  each  one  on  a  separate  slip  of  the  paper, 
and  lastly,  on  the  ninth  slip,  she  wrote  down 
the  name  which  she  herself  preferred. 

After  this  was  done,  Mary  read  the  names 
written  down,  aloud. 

Two  of  the  scholars  had  chosen  the  name 
of  "  Swan."  Three  had  chosen  the  name  of 
"Mary,"  and  four  had  chosen  the  name  of 


16  A    DAY    IN 

"Water-witch."  So  the  little  fast-sailing 
boat  was  named  "  Water-witch."  I  suppose 
they  had  talked  about  this  name  before. 

"  Now/'  said  Mary,  "  we  will  all  go  back 
to  school  y  and  her  happy  little  scholars  were 
ready  to  do  as  she  wished. 

"All  work  and  no  play  makes  Jack  a 
dull  boy." 

Mary  remembered  her  promise  to  Harry 
Linn,  to  read  him  a  story  which  would  teach 
him  how  a  little  girl  of  four  years  old  could 
be  useful  and  happy.  And  she  said  all  who 
wished  to  hear  it  might  put  by  their  books  , 
and  slates,  while  she  read  it  to  them. 

They  all  liked  to  have  Mary  read  to  them, 
and  all  the  scholars  put  up  their  work  to 
listen  to  her. 


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MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  17 


A  LITTLE  GIRL  OF  FOUR  YEARS  OLD. 


A  little  girl  am  T, 

With  sisters,  two,  three,  four, 
A  father,  and  a  mother, 

One  brother,  and  no  more. 

My  name  is  Anne  Lyle, 

I  hardly  ever  cry, 
And  in  a  little  trundle-bed, 

In  mother's  room,  I  lie. 

I  wait  on  my  mamma, 

And  tend  our  little  Will, 
I  play  with  him,  and  sing  to  him, 

And  try  to  keep  him  still. 

I  play  "  Come,  peaches  buy" — 
"  Buy  peaches,  half  a  peck  ;" 

Then  Willy  holds  his  arms  both  out, 
To  hog  me  round  the  neck. 
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18  A    DAY    IN 


Pa  rolls  him  all  about, 

And  jumps  him  up  and  down  ; 
He  rides  him  on  his  foot,  and  says, 

"  Now  here  we  go  to  town." 

As  soon  as  Willy  hears 

The  front-door  dead-latch  key, 
He  knows  it's  papa  coming  home, 

He  knows  as  well  as  we. 

And  then  we're  all  so  glad, 

And  Willy  tries  to  say 
After  mamma — "  Pa-pa  come  home, 

With  Wil-ly  boy  to  play." 

He  cannot  stand  alone — 

He  creeps  about  the  floor — 
When  mamma  says,  " Come,  precious  one!" 

He  laughs,  and  creeps  some  more. 

He's  little,  and  don't  know 

He  ou^ht  to  mind  mv  mother— 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  19 

Pa  says  he'll  be  a  noble  man, 
My  little  baby  brother. 

I've  got  a  pretty  dove, 

My  uncle  gave  to  me, 
And  papa  holds  it  on  his  hand 

For  little  Will  to  see. 

He  strokes  its  feathers  down, 

They  feel  as  soft  as  silk, 
And  then  I  try  if  it  will  drink 

Out  of  my  bowl  of  milk. 

Trip  wags  his  tail,  and  comes 

To  sit  by  papa's  feet ; 
When  he  is  hungry,  he  will  beg, 

On  his  hind  legs,  for  meat. 

I  have  a  grandpapa : 

He's  old,  and  cannot  see — 
He  kisses  me,  and  strokes  my  hair, 

And  holds  me  on  his  knee. 


20  A    DAY    IN 


We  have  a  garden  green, 
Where  pretty  flowers  grow  ; 

When  I  walk  there  with  grandpapa, 
I  lead  him  very  slow 

And  I  can  bring  his  chair, 
And  a  cricket  for  his  feet, 

And  put  away  his  hat  and  cane — 
He  calls  me,  "Anne,  sweet!" 

He  puts  his  face  to  mine, 

He  has  shiny,  soft,  white  hair ; 

And  then  he  hugs  me  very  close, 
To  feel  if  I  am  there. 

He  tells  me  about  God, 

And  teaches  me  to  pray, 
"  Keep  me,  O  heavenly  Father,  out 

Of  every  naughty  way." 

My  heavenly  Father's  child, 
Oh,  I  would  like  to  be ! 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  21 

I  love  Him,  I  am  very  sure, 
When  I  sit  on  grandpa's  knee. 

I  love  my  father  then, 

And  my  little  brother  Will, 
And  everybody,  and  mamma, 

And  my  sisters,  and  old  Phil. 

Old  Phil's  a  beggar-man — 

He  goes  from  door  to  door 
With  a  little  basket  on  his  arm, 

Because  he's  very  poor. 

Poor  Phil !  he  must  be  cold — 

His  clothes  are  full  of  holes ; 
He  has  no  stockings,  and  his  shoes 

Are  ragged  in  the  soles. 

When  I'm  a  bigger  girl, 

I'll  make  old  Phil  some  clothes, 
And  I'll  buy  a  pair  of  shoes  for  him 

That  won't  let  out  his  toes. 


22  A    DAY    IN 


Mamma  has  made  a  place 
For  my  pennies,  in  her  drawer, 

And  she  shows  me  how  to  put  by  some 
For  Phil,  till  I  get  more. 

Our  cook  is  named  Cathleen  ; 

Nice  gingerbread  she  bakes; 
And  little  pies,  with  our  names  on, 

She  very  often  makes. 

Cathleen  gets  sick  sometimes 

In  bed  she  has  to  stay ; 
And  then  I  take  to  her  up  stairs 

Some  good  things  every  day. 

I  have  four  sisters  :  Kate, 

Sophy,  and  Jane,  and  Grace ; 
And  when  they  all  come  home  from  school, 

We  run  a  merry  race. 

Mamma  just  looks  at  us, 
With  Willy  on  her  lap, 


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And  Willy  jumps,  and  crows,  and  tries 
His  little  hands  to  clap. 

Pa  thinks  it  makes  us  grow, 

To  swing  and  play  and  mn; 
And  grandpa  says  he  likes  young  folks 

To  have  a  little  fun. 

My  grandpa  cannot  read 

His  Bible,  now  he's  blind, 
But  all  the  pretty  stories  there, 

He  knows  just  where  to  find. 

And  when  it  gets  quite  dark, 

Before  I  go  to  bed, 
He  says,  "  Come  hither,  Anne  Lyle, 

My  little  cu  Jy-head." 

And  when  he  takes  me  up, 

Right  in  his  face  I  look ; 
I  love  to  sit  and  hear  him  tell 

About  the  Holy  Book. 


24  A    DAY    IN 

The  stories  there  are  true, 

And  I  wish,  on  grandpa's  knee, 

Some  other  little  boys  and  girls 
Could  hear  as  well  as  me. 

When  I  go  up  to  bed, 

Ma  stays  by  me  awhile  ; 
She  says,  "  God  keep  thee  safe  and  good, 

My  little  Anne  Lyle." 


Mary's  scholars  were  all  very  still  and  at- 
tentive while  she  was  reading  to  them  about 
Anne  Lyle,  and  when  she  had  finished  it, 
she  asked  Harry  if  he  did  not  think  Anne 
Lyle  was  a  useful,  happy,  little  girl  ?  She 
waited  on  her  mother,  and  walked  in  the 
garden  with  her  blind,  old  grandfather,  and 
put  away  his  hat  and  cane  for  him,  and  kept 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  25 

her  little  brother  quiet ;  and  she  was  a  kind 
little  girl  too,  for  she  took  something  good  to 
the  sick  cook,  and  saved  some  of  her  pennies 
to  buy  shoes  for  a  poor  beggar. 

Harry  said,  "  Yes :  and  if  I  knew  how,  I 
would  like  to  be  useful  too."  Mary  reminded 
him  that  one  of  his  schoolmates  had  lost  her 
sponge,  and  when  she  wanted  to  rub  from 
her  slate  some  crooked  strokes  that  she  had 
made,  she  asked  Harry  for  his  sponge,  and  he 
had  refused  to  lend  it  to  her,  because  he 
wanted  it  himself. 

"  You  might  have  been  useful,  then, 
Harry,"  said  Mary,  "  but  you  did  not  choose 
to  be  so." 

Harry  hung  his  head  and. looked  ashamed; 
but  presently  he  ran  away  to  his  desk,  and 


26  A    DAY    IN 

brought  out  his  sponge,  and  gave  it  to  Lily 
Forester ;  (for  that  was  the  little  girl's  name 
who  had  asked  him  for  it.)  Lily  said,  "  Thank 
you,  Harry,"  and  she  cleaned  her  slate  off 
nicely  with  it,  and  gave  it  back  to  him. 

His  teacher  stroked  Harry's  hair  with  her 
hand,  and  said, 

"  Now,  has  not  my  little  boy  of  four  years 
old  learned  to  be  useful  ?" 

Harry  hid  his  curly  head  behind  Mary's 
apron  for  a  few  moments,  and  then  he  peeped 
up  into  her  kind  face,  and  she  knew  he  meant 
Yes,  though  he  did  not  say  any  thing. 

"Oh,"  said  Mary,  "my  little  Harry  has 
discovered  that  he  can  be  useful;  and  that 
when  he  is  useful,  he  is  happy." 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  27 

Harry  scampered  off,  and  sat  close  by  Lily 
Forester  till  school  was  out. 

In  the  afternoon,  Mary's  scholars  were  all 
collected  around  the  school-room  door  before 
she  arrived.  As  soon  as  they  saw  her  coming, 
they  ran  to  meet  her,  and  Susan  Field 
brought  a  bunch  of  beautiful  flowers  for  her. 
Mary  was  very  fond  of  flowers,  and  she 
thanked  Susan,  and  said  she  would  keep 
them  in  water  for  her  little  scholar's  sake. 

Then  she  took  a  china  vase  which  she 
kept  for  flowers,  and  allowed  all  her  scholars 
to  go  with  her  down  to  the  spring  for  fresh 
water;  and  she  filled  the  vase  with  water 
and  arranged  the  flowers,  and  then  she  said, 

"  Now  we  will  all  go  to  school,  and  enjoy 
them  together." 


28  A    DAY    IN 

Three  afternoons  in  the  week  Mary  taught 
her  scholars  to  sew,  and  knit,  and  work  sam- 
plers on  canvas.  She  thought  every  little  girl 
should  know  how  to  use  the  needle,  and  cut 
out  garments.  Then,  when  she  grew  up 
to  be  a  woman,  she  could  keep  her  own 
wardrobe  neatly,  and  be  helpful  in  her  family 
besides;  and  if  she  had  leisure,  after  doing 
her  share  of  the  family  sewing,  she  could 
teach  poor  little  children,  and  make  garments 
for  the  sick  and  old,  who  were  not  able  to 
help  themselves. 

This  was  sewing  afternoon.  As  soon  as 
they  were  all  in  their  seats,  Mary  took  out  a 
large  work-basket,  that  was  filled  with  little 
parcels,  nicely  wrapped  up,  and  the  owner's 
name  was  written  on  each  parcel.     Lily  For- 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  29 

ester  and  Harry  Linn  stood  beside  Mary  to 
pass  along  the  work  as  she  gave  it  to  them. 
They  were  the  youngest  scholars  in  the 
school,  and  they  were  always  glad  when 
sewing  afternoon  came,  because  they  could 
help  Mary. 

One  girl  had  a  pocket  handkerchief  to  hem 
for  her  brother ;  one  had  some  patch-work ; 
one  was  working  a  Bible-cover  in  cross-stitch ; 
one  was  learning  to  knit  a  garter ;  and  little 
Lily's  work  was  an  apron  for  her  doll,  which 
Mary  had  fitted  for  her. 

While  the  girls  were  busied  at  their  work, 
the  boys,  (except  Harry  Linn,)  stood  up  to 
say  a  geography  lesson. 

Now,  my  little  readers,  whoever  you  may 
be,  can  you  tell  how  many  boys  were  in  the 


30  A    DAY    IN 

geography  class  ?  You  will  remember  Mary 
had  eight  scholars.  Read  over  how  many 
girls  were  at  their  sewing,  then  add  to  their 
number  Harry  Linn,  and  say  how  many  boys 
were  in  the  class. 

Harry  and  Lily,  somehow  or  other,  always 
had  their  little  heads  close  together.  Harry 
liked  to  help  Lily,  and  Lily  liked  to  help 
Harry.  Sometimes,  like  other  little  children, 
they  quarrelled ;  but  they  soon  became  friends 
again  without  any  body's  help ;  and  then 
Harry  would  say,  "  Come,  Lily,  let  us  kiss 
and  make  up." 

This  afternoon,  Harry  asked  leave  to  show 
Lily  a  picture-book  which  his  father  had 
given  him,  and  Mary  told  him  he  might  sit 
by  Lily,  as  soon  as  she  had  finished  a  fin- 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  /    31 

ger's  length  of  hemming.  Harry  waited  till 
the  sewing  was  done,  and  then  he  sat  close 
to  Lily,  and  showed  her  his  picture-book. 

There  was  a  picture  of  two  little  hum- 
ming-birds and  a  nest ;  and  one  of  a  horse, 
with  a  boy  and  a  bag  of  flour  on  his  back ; 
and  Harry  told  Lily,  the  little  boy  was  com- 
ing home  from  the  mill,  with  a  bag  of  flour  to 
make  some  cakes  for  supper ;   and  Lily  said, 

"  Harry,  I  would  like  to  have  some  of  the 
cakes ;  wouldn't  you  ?" 

Harry's  book  had  more  pictures  than  these 
two  in  it.  There  was  one  of  a  little  girl 
feeding  chickens,  and  one  of  a  shepherd  and 
his  sheep,  and  one  of  a  boy  spinning  a 
famous  top. 

Lily  liked  the  picture  of  the  little  girl 


32  A    DAY    IN 

feeding  chickens  best :  and  Harry  liked  the 
picture  of  the  boy  and  his  top  best.  And 
Harry  said  to  Lily, 

"  Lily,  if  you  will  look  at  my  picture  first, 
then  I  will  look  at  your  picture ;"  but  Lily 
was  tired  of  looking  at  Harry's  picture ;  and 
she  said  it  was  ugly ;  and  she  moved  away 
from  Harry. 

This  offended  Harry,  and  he  told  her  he 
didn't  love  her  any  more,  and  she  should  not 
see  his  book.  And  he  went  away  from  Lily 
and  took  his  book  with  him. 

When  the  boys,  who  had  been  saying  a 
geography  lesson,  had  taken  their  seats, 
Mary  called  Harry  and  Lily  to  come  and  re- 
peat the  multiplication  table. 

They  did  not  come  when  they  were  called, 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  33 

and  Mary  knew  from  their  looks  and  beha- 
viour, that  they  had  been  naughty.  But 
she  only  said  to  them  again  very  mildly, 

"  Come,  Harry,  come  Lily, — it  is  almost 
recess  time,  and  you  have  not  said  a  lesson." 

Harry  came  along  very  slowly,  at  first,  and 
looking  sidewise  to  see  if  Lily  was  coming  too. 
At  length  she  took  her  place  beside  him,  but 
they  missed  their  tables.  They  knew  they 
had  done  wrong,  and  they  felt  very  unhappy, 
and  they  did  not  think  enough  about  their 
tables  to  answer  correctly. 

When  the  scholars  went  out  to  play  at 
recess  time,  Harry  and  Lily  did  not  swing, 
and  run,  and  play  with  one  another.  They 
walked  about  apart,  and  they  hardly  knew 
what  to  do  with  themselves. 


34  A    DAY    IN 

Harry's  brother  Charles  went  and  got  his 
fast-sailing  little  boat,  and  ran  back  to  the 
school-house  to  Mary,  to  ask  her  to  print  on 
it  in  large  letters,  "  The  Water-witch." 

Mary  laid  down  her  work  and  took  a  pen 
and  did  it  for  him  immediately,  and  he  said, 
"  I  thank  you,"  and  then  he  ran  away, 
and  all  the  scholars,  (boys  and  girls,)  after 
him,  down  to  the  spring,  to  see  how  the  boat 
looked  upon  the  water. 

She  sailed  beautifully,  and  there  was  quite 
a  little  fleet  of  boats  behind  her,  but  the 
"  Water- witch"  went  ahead  of  them  all. 

While  they  were  watching  the  boats  the 
bell  rang  for  school. 

Then  Charles  took  his  little  boats,  and  all 
the  boys  and  girls  took  their  hoops,  and  ropes, 


MARY    CARROW  S    SCHOOL.  OU 

and  all  their  playthings,  and  put  them  into 
a  little  tool-house,  which  Charles  Linn's  father 
allowed  thern  to  use  for  that  purpose ;  and 
Mary  made  a  rule,  that  every  thing  must  be 
put  into  its  proper  place,  so  that  even  their 
playthings  should  not  be  lost. 

Then  they  all  came  back  to  school.  Mary 
was  there  waiting* for  them.  She  had  not 
gone  out  with  them  this  afternoon,  but  had 
stayed  in  school  to  fit  the  girls'  work,  and 
to  set  copies,  in  books,  for  the  scholars  who 
used  pen  and  ink,  and  on  slates,  for  the 
smaller  ones.. 

When  they  returned  from  play,  she  called 
them  up,  one  by  one,  to  read,  and  after  each 
scholar  had  done  reading,  he  went  to  his 
desk  and  wrote  a  copy ;  and  then  Mary  said, 


36  A.    DAY    IN 

"It  is  now  time  to  put  up  work."  The 
girls  all  rolled  up  their  work,  and  pinned 
their  names  on  it,  and  held  it  in  their  hands 
till  Harry  and  Lily  should  come  to  get  the 
different  parcels  and  put  them  in  the  large 
work-basket;  but  as  Harry  and  Lily  had 
been  naughty,  Mary  did  not  ask  them  to  do 
it  this  time ;  so  every  girl  put  away  her  own 
work.  Lily  had  not  learned  to  fold  up  hers, 
and  put  it  away  neatly,  and  she  usually 
brought  it  to  Mary,  and  said, 

"  Please,  Mary,  fold  up  mine  ?"  and  Mary- 
folded  it  up  for  her,  and  Lily  always  watched 
how  it  was  done,  so  that  she  might  learn. 
We  can  learn  a  great  deal  by  the  right  use 
of  our  eyes. 

This  afternoon  Lily  brought  her  work  to 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  37 

Mary,  and  turned  away  her  head,  while 
Mary  put  it  away,  but  she  did  not  say 
"  thank  you,"  as  usual. 

Mary  now  went  round  to  see  if  all  the 
desks  were  in  order.  One  little  girl,  Carry 
Deacon,  said  her  desk  would  not  hold  all 
her  things,  and  she  tried  her  best  to  get  them 
all  in,  but  she  could  not ;  so  Mary  went  to 
her  and  had  her  to  take  every  thing  out  of 
the  desk  first,  and  then  she  showed  her  how 
to  arrange  her  reading  book  and  her  spelling 
book,  and  her  other  books,  all  on  one  side  of 
the  desk,  and  her  slate  on  the  other  side ; 
and  then  there  was  plenty  of  room  for  all. 

Mary  looked  into  every  scholar's  desk,  to 
see  that  it  was  neatly  arranged ;  and  if  she 
found  it  out  of  order,  she  would  point  to  some 


38  A  day  m 

large  letters  that  were  printed  over  the  man- 
tel-piece. 

"  Would  my  little  readers  like  to  know 
what  those  large  letters  were  ?" 

I  will  tell  them. 

A  PLACE  FOR  EVERY  THING, 

ASH 

EVERY  THING  IN  ITS  PLACE. 

If  Mary's  scholars  wanted  her  aid  about 
any  thing,  she  would  always  help  them,  and 
they  knew  that  she  never  required  any  thing 
of  them,  which  could  not  be  done. 

At  the  close  of  every  afternoon  school,  it 
was  Mary's  practice  to  gather  her  little  flock 
round  her,  and  read  to  them  out  of  the  Bible. 
Sometimes,    when    the    weather   was    very 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  39 

warm,  she  took  them  out  into  the  woods,  and 
sat  down  with  them  on  the  grass  under  a 
large  oak  tree.  They  liked  to  go  out  of  doors 
to  read ;  for  they  loved  Mary,  and  they  could 
sit  very  close  to  her  under  the  oak  tree  while 
she  read  to  them.  Eddy  Forester  said  he 
liked  to  read  out  of  doors,  for  it  seemed  as 
if  God  was  listening,  up  in  the  sky. 

It  was  a  very  warm  afternoon,  and  Mary 
said  she  would  read  under  the  oak  tree. 

Eddy  Forester  carried  the  Bible,  and  when 
they  were  all  seated,  Mary  read  to  them  the 
history  of  little  Samuel,  and  how  his  hea- 
venly Father  called  him  when  he  lay  down 
to  sleep  in  the  temple. 

After  Mary  had  done  reading,  Eddy  For- 
ester asked,  why  little  Samuel  went  to  Eli 


40  A    DAY    IN 

to  inquire  if  he  called  him,  when  it  was 
the  Lord  that  called  him  ? 

Mary  said,  "  Samuel  was  a  very  little  boy, 
and  he  did  not  know  that  it  was  the  Lord 
who  had  spoken  to  him.  Our  heavenly 
Father  often  speaks  to  little  children  now  by 
his  good  Spirit,  when  they  are  too  young  to 
understand  who  it  is  that  speaks  to  them. 

"  When  we  do  right,  we  feel  something 
which  seems  to  say  to  us,  6  Well  done!'  and 
then  we  are  happy ;  and  when  we  do  wrong, 
we  feel  something  which  seems  to  say  to  us 
that  it  is  wrong,  and  then  we  are  unhappy. 

"  Is  it  the  Lord  that  makes  us  feel  so  ?" 
asked  Susan  Field? 

"  Certainly,"  said  Mary,  "  and  we  should 
be  very  thankful  to  him  that  we  are  not 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  41 

happy  when  we  have  done  that  which  we 
know  to  be  wrong ;  and  we  should  pray  that 
God  would  teach  us  by  his  Holy  Spirit  what 
is  right  and  what  is  wrong,  and  make  us  un- 
derstand and  love  what  he  has  taught  us  in 
the  Bible." 

"  Oh,  yes  !"  said  Eddy  Forester,  "  I  know 
what  you  mean,  for  my  mother  told  me — the 
other  day,  when  I  snatched  an  apple  from 
George  because  he  would  not  give  me  a  bite 
of  it — she  told  me  that  I  did  not  enjoy  eat- 
ing the  apple,  and  it  did  not  taste  good  to 
me,  because  I  had  been  very  naughty  to  take 
it  away  from  George,  and  that  our  heavenly 
Father's  good  Spirit  was  rebuking  me  and 
making  me  feel  unhappy  all  the  time  I  was 
eating  George's  apple. 


42  A    DAY    IN 

While  Eddy  was  talking,  little  Lily  came 
and  sat  by  Mary,  and  now  she  was  sobbing 
and  crying  out  aloud. 

The  scholars  all  wondered  what  was  the 
matter  with  Lily,  but  Mary  said, 

"Never  mind,  Lily,  now;"  and  she  only 
drew  Lily  close  to  her  and  said,  "  Don't  cry, 
Lily  dear." 

Harry  Linn  crept  round  to  Lily  very 
quietly,  and  took  out  his  little  picture  book, 
and  whispered  to  her,  "  Here,  Lily." 

But  she  was  too  much  distressed  to  notice 
Harry,  though  he  got  as  near  to  her  as  ever 
he  could. 

Mary  now  asked  Eddy  Forester  to  go  on 
with  what  he  was  saying,  but  Eddy  said  he 
had  done,  and  that  he  was  glad  the  Lord 


MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL.  43 

spoke  to  little  children  now,  even  if  they  did 
not  hear  any  voice,  as  Samuel  did. 

Mary  wished  her  little  scholars  to  under- 
stand what  she  read  to  them,  and  she  encou- 
raged them  to  ask  questions,  at  suitable 
times. 

She  now  told  them  if  they  had  no  more 
questions  to  ask,  they  might  go  home ;  all 
but  Harry  and  Lily.  So,  they  came  one  by 
one,  and  kissed  Mary  and  went  home. 

Eddy  Forester  said  he  would  wait  for  Lily ; 
but  Mary  told  him  she  would  bring  Lily 
home,  and  he  might  tell  his  mother  that  she 
kept  Lily  and  Harry  Linn  to  talk  to  them. 

After  Eddy  was  gone,  Mary  took  Lily  up 
in  her  arms,  and  then  she  called  Harry  to 
her,  and  told  him  to  wipe  off  Lily's  tears ; 


44  A    DAY    IN 

and  Harry  took  his  handkerchief  out  of  his 
pocket  and  wiped  Lily's  face,  and  he  said, 

"  Lily,  will  you  love  me  again  ?  and  then 
I'll  love  you,  and  you  may  look  at  the  little 
girl  feeding  her  chickens  as  long  as  you 
like." 

Lily  said,  "I  do  love  you,  Harry,"  and 
she  put  her  arms  round  Harry's  neck  and 
they  kissed  one  another. 

Then  Mary  tied  on  Lily's  bonnet  for  her, 
and  Harry  put  on  his  hat,  and  carried  the 
Bible  back  to  the  school-room  for  his  teacher. 

Mary  locked  up  the  school-room  door  and 
put  the  key  in  her  pocket,  and  then  she  took 
a  hand  of  each  of  her  little  scholars,  and  said, 

"Now,  Harry,  you  and  I  will  go  home 
with  Lily,  shall  we  ?" 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  45 

You  will  remember,  my  little  readers,  that 
Mary  lived  with  Harry  Linn.  As  they 
walked  along,  Harry  seemed  to  be  thinking 
about  something,  and  at  last  he  said, 

"  Mary,  does  our  heavenly  Father  ever 
speak  to  little  children  like  me  and 
Lily?" 

Mary  said,  "Yes!  Harry,  he  has  been 
speaking  to  you  both,  since  you  were  naughty. 
You  sinned  against  his  good  Spirit  when  you 
quarrelled,  and  he  made  you  feel  very  un- 
happy because  you  were  so  disobliging  to  one 
another,  and  had  forgotten  that  he  had  told 
you  to  love  one  another.  But  I  hope  you 
will  hereafter  know  and  obey  his  voice." 

"  Oh !"  said  Lily,  "  I  love  to  hear  my  hea- 
venly Father's  voice." 


46  A    DAY    IN 

u  So  do  I,"  said  Harry,  "  it  makes  me  feel 
so  happy." 

"  You  feel  happy  because  you  obeyed  His 
voice/'  said  Mary,  "  and  we  are  always  happy 
when  we  are  obedient  to  God.  He  loves  us 
so  much,  and  is  so  kind  to  us,  that  he  never 
tells  us  to  do  any  thing  that  we  cannot  do ; 
and  if  it  seems  hard,  and  we  ask  him,  he 
will  help  us  to  do  it.  He  tells  little  children 
to  do  very  little  things,  because  he  loves 
them,  and  he  knows  they  are  too  little  to  do 
great  things." 

"  I  hope  our  heavenly  Father  will  talk  to 
me  and  Lily  often,"  said  Harry,  "do  you 
think  he  will,  Mary?" 

"  Yes,  if  you  are  good  children  " 


MARY    CARROW'S    SCHOOL.  47 

"  And  will  he  show  us  how  to  be  good  ?" 
asked  Lily. 

"Oh,  yes,"  Harry  said,  "for  you  know 
he  showed  little  Samuel  what  he  would  have 
him  do." 

"  Does  he  love  Lily  and  me  as  much  as 
he  loved  little  Samuel,  Mary,"  said  Harry. 

Mary  told  him  that  God  loved  all  little 
children,  and  he  sent  our  Saviour  to  bless 
them  and  to  bring  them  to  him.  Do  you  re- 
member, Harry,  what  our  Saviour  said  about 
little  children  ? 

"  Yes,"  said  Harry,  "  He  said,  <  Suffer  little 
children  to  come  unto  me,  and  forbid  them 
not!'" 

Now  we  are  at  Lily's  home. 

Mary  took  Lily  in  to  her  mother,  and  told 


48      A    DAY    IN    MARY    CARROW's    SCHOOL. 

her  that  she  kept  Lily  to  talk  to  her,  and 
Lily's  mother  said, 

"  I  am  glad  to  see  my  little  daughter,  for 
her  supper  of  nice  bread  and  milk  is  all  ready 
for  her." 

Lily's  mother  asked  Mary  and  Harry  to 
stay  and  eat  supper;  but  Mary  said  they  had 
not  leave  to  stay,  and  Harry's  father  and 
mother  would  not  know  where  they  were,  if 
they  stayed.  So  she  thanked  Lily's  mother 
for  her  invitation,  and  then  she  and  Harry 
kissed  Lily,  and  bade  her  good-night.  And 
Mary  and  Harry  went  home. 


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